INTERVIEW: Jarrod Preston – Suunto * History of the brand * Any Olympic Athletes Suunto wearers? * Ambit 2 and Ambit 2S * Movescount Wins Design Award * New Technology / Watch Improvements * Most requested upgrades?
News: * Coming Storms Increase Avalanche Danger * Utah Avalanche Center Ogden Advisory * Terminally Ill Man Gets Free Day at Snowbasin * Park City Un-Limb-ited Camp * Tour of Utah Stages Announced * Oregon Ski Resort Finally Opens for Season * University of Vermont Student Dies Skiing at Sugarbush * Two Local Blind Climbers Aim to Summit Denali * Should Utah Host Another Olympics? * Olympic Slopestyle Course Modified * Let the Games Begin! * Jamaican Bobsled Team in Sochi, Gear Not * Giant Jellyfish Washes Ashore * Rock & Rave 2014 * Live Your Dream AAC Grant * Whitewater Chronicles Teaser * The Perfect SUP Paddle Stroke
Events: * Feb 6 – GEAR:30 Basics – Ice Climbing with Tim Nguyen * Feb 6 – Kayak Roll Session (WSU Outdoor Program) 6:30pm, $20/$8 * Feb. 8 – Weber State Intercollegiate Bouldering Comp, 10am * Feb. 9 – Sunday Snowshoe Shakeroo (Weber Pathways) – Wheeler Canyon, 8am * Feb. 12 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am * Feb. 13 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – * Feb. 13 – GEAR:30 Basics – Backcountry Touring with Daniel Turner * Feb. 14-17 – Presidents Day Cooperative Intermediate Backcountry Yurt Trip (WSU Outdoor Program) * Feb. 15 – Striders Winter Racing Circuit 10K at Dee Events Center * Feb. 15-16 Banff Mountain Film Festival at Peery’s Egyptian Theater * Feb. 18 – Moonlight Snowshoe (WSU Outdoor Program) – Ogden Canyon Overlook (Snowbasin) * Feb. 19 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am * Feb. 20-23 – AIARE Level 1 Course (WSU Outdoor Program) $200/$250 * Feb. 20 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast - * Feb. 20 – Kayak Roll Session (WSU Outdoor Program) 6:30pm, $20/$8 * Feb. 22 - Tarahumara Snowshoe race at North Fork Park * Feb. 26 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am * Feb. 27 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – * Feb. 27 – GEAR:30 Basics – Kayaking with Mark Bokish * March 4 – Moonlight Snowshoe (WSU Outdoor Program) – Skyline South * March 5 – Dawn Patrol (WSU Outdoor Program), 5am * March 6 – Ogden Outdoor Adventure Show Podcast – Luke Nelson
GEAR:30: * Timbuk2 Introduces World’s Greatest Messenger Bag * Polaroid Announces Three New Hi-Def Action Sports Cameras
Skillz Session: Ten reasons NOT to run an ultramarathon My Lands: Mountain Accord Invites Public Input Quote of the Week:
“The Olympics. Not a sport but several peculiar sports, each of which only commands your attention every four years, like a dental appointment.”
-Dan Jenkins